Democracy and Constitutional Politics in Iran [electronic resource] : A Weberian Analysis /
Malek-Ahmadi, Farshad.author.
An inquisitive socio-historical analysis of the long road Iran has traveled in quest of constitutionalism and democracy. The book explicates the paradox that after over a hundred years of struggle for freedom, the Iranian people currently have less of it than they did a hundred years ago at this time.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- Structure of domination if pre-modern Iran -- Modernization of the state -- Constitutional revolution of Iran 1905-1911 -- Article 2 of the supplement to fundamental law and the constitutional politics of transition to parliamentary legislation -- Clerical control of the state : the council of guardians -- Constitutional crisis of the state : revision and confirmatory supervision -- Constitutional politics of political parties and institutions -- Continuing constitutional crisis and revision -- Khatami era and the green movement -- Linkages between two clerical supervisions of the state and other relevant issues -- Women's movement, gender equality, and democratization -- Democratization and its impediments in Iran -- Conclusion.
An inquisitive socio-historical analysis of the long road Iran has traveled in quest of constitutionalism and democracy. The book explicates the paradox that after over a hundred years of struggle for freedom, the Iranian people currently have less of it than they did a hundred years ago at this time.
Religion and sociology.
Ethnology—Middle East .
Political sociology.
Islam.
Sociology.
Sociology of Religion.
Middle Eastern Culture.
Political Sociology.
Islam.
Social Aspects of Religion.
Sociology, general.